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French cinema: All genres
Boule de suif (1945)
Christian-Jaque
Normandy, 1870. With Rouen occupied by the Prussian army, a prostitute named Élisabeth Rousset decides to leave the town in a stage coach bound for Le Havre...
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Christian-Jaque
La Braconne (2014)
Samuel Rondière
Not yet twenty, Driss gets by with his small-time criminal exploits. His path crosses that of Danny, a world-weary crook who roams industrial areas in his old Mercedes...
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Samuel Rondière
Brigitte et Brigitte (1966)
Luc Moullet
Brigitte has just arrived in Paris from the provinces to start her first year at university. So too has Brigitte. The two Brigittes are dressed identically and arrive at the same train station - which is where they meet...
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Luc Moullet
Brodeuses (2004)
Éléonore Faucher
Claire is 17 years old and lives in Angoulême, a town in the south west of France. She finds it hard to get on with her parents and lives alone...
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Éléonore Faucher
Les Bronzés font du ski (1979)
Patrice Leconte
A year has passed since Nathalie and Bernard came close to wrecking their marriage at a holiday club on the Ivory Coast. Now that they have patched up their differences, they plan to spend a more agreeable vacation in the French alps, staying at their recently acquired timeshare apartment...
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Patrice Leconte
Les Bronzés (1978)
Patrice Leconte
In the late 1970s, a party of hyped up French holidaymakers arrives at a popular holiday club on the Ivory Coast, looking forward to a week of unbridled escape from their humdrum lives... [More...]
Patrice Leconte
In the late 1970s, a party of hyped up French holidaymakers arrives at a popular holiday club on the Ivory Coast, looking forward to a week of unbridled escape from their humdrum lives... [More...]
Le Bruit des glaçons (2010)
Bertrand Blier
Disappointed with his lacklustre career as a writer, Charles Faulque sinks into a deep depression. He takes solace by moping in solitude at his large luxury house in the south of France and pouring large quantities of alcoholic refreshment down his throat... [More...]
Bertrand Blier
Disappointed with his lacklustre career as a writer, Charles Faulque sinks into a deep depression. He takes solace by moping in solitude at his large luxury house in the south of France and pouring large quantities of alcoholic refreshment down his throat... [More...]
Brumes d'automne (1929)
Dimitri Kirsanoff
As autumn cloaks the world with her customary melancholia, as cold mists descend and browning leaves fall from quivering trees onto the sodden ground, a solitary woman looks back on her past life beside an open fire... [More...]
Dimitri Kirsanoff
As autumn cloaks the world with her customary melancholia, as cold mists descend and browning leaves fall from quivering trees onto the sodden ground, a solitary woman looks back on her past life beside an open fire... [More...]
Buffet froid (1979)
Bertrand Blier
Alphonse Tram, an unemployed man in his early thirties, lives with his wife Josyane in a recently constructed apartment block that is virtually uninhabited... [More...]
Bertrand Blier
Alphonse Tram, an unemployed man in his early thirties, lives with his wife Josyane in a recently constructed apartment block that is virtually uninhabited... [More...]
C'est arrivé près de chez vous (1992)
Rémy Belvaux
In present day Belgium, Ben leads what at first sight seems to be a pretty normal existence. He is in a steady relationship with a girl he likes and who likes him, he has a good social life and he gets on well with his mum and dad... [More...]
Rémy Belvaux
In present day Belgium, Ben leads what at first sight seems to be a pretty normal existence. He is in a steady relationship with a girl he likes and who likes him, he has a good social life and he gets on well with his mum and dad... [More...]
C'est quoi la vie? (1999)
François Dupeyron
Nicolas lives on a farm in the heart of rural France. The farm presently belongs to his father Marc, who is fighting a losing battle to pay off his accumulating debts whilst supporting his family... [More...]
François Dupeyron
Nicolas lives on a farm in the heart of rural France. The farm presently belongs to his father Marc, who is fighting a losing battle to pay off his accumulating debts whilst supporting his family... [More...]
Cabaret Paradis (2006)
Corinne Benizio
Travelling performers Shirley and Dino cannot get to Paris fast enough when they learn that they have inherited a cabaret nightclub located in the Pigalle district of the capital... [More...]
Corinne Benizio
Travelling performers Shirley and Dino cannot get to Paris fast enough when they learn that they have inherited a cabaret nightclub located in the Pigalle district of the capital... [More...]
Caché (2005)
Michael Haneke
Georges and Anne are a comfortably settled middle-aged couple who have a nice apartment in Paris. He hosts a popular literary review programme on television; she is a successful writer; they have a teenage son... [More...]
Michael Haneke
Georges and Anne are a comfortably settled middle-aged couple who have a nice apartment in Paris. He hosts a popular literary review programme on television; she is a successful writer; they have a teenage son... [More...]
Café de Paris (1938)
Yves Mirande
One New Year's Eve the Café de Paris is host to the capital's social élite, a glamorous ensemble of the rich and famous who come together to welcome in the new year in an atmosphere that positively reeks of decadence... [More...]
Yves Mirande
One New Year's Eve the Café de Paris is host to the capital's social élite, a glamorous ensemble of the rich and famous who come together to welcome in the new year in an atmosphere that positively reeks of decadence... [More...]
Le Café du cadran (1947)
Jean Gehret
Julien Couturier and his wife Louise give up their peaceful life in the Auvergne to run a small bar-café in the thriving heart of Paris... [More...]
Jean Gehret
Julien Couturier and his wife Louise give up their peaceful life in the Auvergne to run a small bar-café in the thriving heart of Paris... [More...]
La Cage aux folles (1978)
Edouard Molinaro
Renato and Albin are a gay couple living in St Tropez, Renato managing a notorious night club in which Albin performs a drag act... [More...]
Edouard Molinaro
Renato and Albin are a gay couple living in St Tropez, Renato managing a notorious night club in which Albin performs a drag act... [More...]
La Cage aux rossignols (1945)
Jean Dréville
Clément Mathieu has written a book, La Cage aux Rossignols, which recounts his recent experiences as a teacher in a typical French boys' school... [More...]
Jean Dréville
Clément Mathieu has written a book, La Cage aux Rossignols, which recounts his recent experiences as a teacher in a typical French boys' school... [More...]
Cages (2008)
Olivier Masset-Depasse
Eve and Damien live a passionate love affair that is so intense, so solid that it feels as though it could last for an eternity... [More...]
Olivier Masset-Depasse
Eve and Damien live a passionate love affair that is so intense, so solid that it feels as though it could last for an eternity... [More...]
Cagliostro (1929)
Richard Oswald
In the late 18th century, Joseph Balsamo, alias the Count of Cagliostro, finds fame throughout Europe as a magician, alchemist and fortune teller... [More...]
Richard Oswald
In the late 18th century, Joseph Balsamo, alias the Count of Cagliostro, finds fame throughout Europe as a magician, alchemist and fortune teller... [More...]
Calvaire (2004)
Fabrice Du Welz
Marc Stevens is an itinerant singer who performs mainly for retirement homes. After an engagement at a hospice is cancelled, his car breaks down in the middle of nowhere... [More...]
Fabrice Du Welz
Marc Stevens is an itinerant singer who performs mainly for retirement homes. After an engagement at a hospice is cancelled, his car breaks down in the middle of nowhere... [More...]
Camille Claudel, 1915 (2013)
Bruno Dumont
Winter 1915. The renowned sculptor Camille Claudel finds herself incarcerated in an asylum in the south of France. Her family have given up on her and it seems that after a turbulent life she will be forced to live out the rest of her days as a pitiful recluse... [More...]
Bruno Dumont
Winter 1915. The renowned sculptor Camille Claudel finds herself incarcerated in an asylum in the south of France. Her family have given up on her and it seems that after a turbulent life she will be forced to live out the rest of her days as a pitiful recluse... [More...]
Camille redouble (2012)
Noémie Lvovsky
Camille, a 40-something actress, gets an unexpected shock when she returns home one day to find her husband Eric packing his bags... [More...]
Noémie Lvovsky
Camille, a 40-something actress, gets an unexpected shock when she returns home one day to find her husband Eric packing his bags... [More...]
Candide ou l'optimisme au XXe siècle (1960)
Norbert Carbonnaux
Adopted by a wealthy baron, the orphaned Candide grows to accept the optimistic philosophy of his wise tutor, Dr Pangloss, that 'all is for the best in the best of all worlds'... [More...]
Norbert Carbonnaux
Adopted by a wealthy baron, the orphaned Candide grows to accept the optimistic philosophy of his wise tutor, Dr Pangloss, that 'all is for the best in the best of all worlds'... [More...]
Capitaine Conan (1996)
Bertrand Tavernier
In the final months of World War I, the French infantry are actively engaged in mopping up the enemy trenches on the Macedonian Front... [More...]
Bertrand Tavernier
In the final months of World War I, the French infantry are actively engaged in mopping up the enemy trenches on the Macedonian Front... [More...]
Le Capitaine Fracasse (1929)
Alberto Cavalcanti
Sigognac, a penniless young aristocrat, lives alone in his ruined castle. One day, a troupe of travelling actors arrive at his door and ask for shelter for the night... [More...]
Alberto Cavalcanti
Sigognac, a penniless young aristocrat, lives alone in his ruined castle. One day, a troupe of travelling actors arrive at his door and ask for shelter for the night... [More...]
Le Caporal épinglé (1962)
Jean Renoir
June, 1940. In a German prisoner-of-war camp in North-East France, three soldiers are united by their desire to escape and return to their ordinary civilian lives... [More...]
Jean Renoir
June, 1940. In a German prisoner-of-war camp in North-East France, three soldiers are united by their desire to escape and return to their ordinary civilian lives... [More...]
Caprice (2015)
Emmanuel Mouret
Clément, a maladroit schoolteacher, is obsessed with the film star Alicia Bardery, so imagine his surprise, to say nothing of his delight, when the object of his obsession succumbs to his charms and says she is willing to be his partner for life... [More...]
Emmanuel Mouret
Clément, a maladroit schoolteacher, is obsessed with the film star Alicia Bardery, so imagine his surprise, to say nothing of his delight, when the object of his obsession succumbs to his charms and says she is willing to be his partner for life... [More...]
La Captive (2000)
Chantal Akerman
Simon is a cultivated young writer who is morbidly obsessed with knowing everything about his girlfriend Ariane. Even though they cohabit, living in adjacent rooms in a large Parisian apartment belonging to Simon's grandmother, they seem unable to connect fully... [More...]
Chantal Akerman
Simon is a cultivated young writer who is morbidly obsessed with knowing everything about his girlfriend Ariane. Even though they cohabit, living in adjacent rooms in a large Parisian apartment belonging to Simon's grandmother, they seem unable to connect fully... [More...]
Les Carabiniers (1963)
Jean-Luc Godard
Two country peasants are recruited to join the army and serve in the war. They are promised wealth, fulfilment and freedom to do whatever they wish whilst in active service... [More...]
Jean-Luc Godard
Two country peasants are recruited to join the army and serve in the war. They are promised wealth, fulfilment and freedom to do whatever they wish whilst in active service... [More...]
Carlos (2010)
Olivier Assayas
A legend in his own lifetime, Carlos the Jackal (né Ilich Ramírez Sánchez) was at the epicentre of international terrorism in the 1970s and '80s... [More...]
Olivier Assayas
A legend in his own lifetime, Carlos the Jackal (né Ilich Ramírez Sánchez) was at the epicentre of international terrorism in the 1970s and '80s... [More...]